Author Archives: Snowchange

Spring begins. Winter seining is in full swing. During February one of the most significant forests of rewilding programme, Rahekangas, was secured, appearances in US media on rewilding and fisheries and new science papers out. A new database of Indigenous knowledge … Continue reading →

February begins in very cold temperatures across Finland at -35 C. Winter seining is under way in tough conditions but with good catches as well. New funding associated with the Earthshot Prize expand the restoration efforts for 2026. Equally so, … Continue reading →

In January over 380 hectares of old growth and natural forests have been included into the Landscape Rewilding Programme. Additionally a site in Suomussalmi celebrates the legacy of a Karelian rune singer Jussi Huovinen. Pauttiselkä old growth forest is a … Continue reading →

Snowchange Pacific Tour has ended. Visits and collaborations extended across Tasmania, Aoteroroa, Vanuatu and ended with visits to restoration and partner sites in British Columbia. In Finnish Sámi area a major conservation breakthrough emerged from discovery of new population of … Continue reading →

Restoration season comes to an end with cleaning of spawning sites on river Koitajoki, and attention focuses on the Pacific – the Taumako Traditional Culture and Voyaging School Opens and a New Pacific Tour brings Snowchange delegates to Tasmania, New Zealand … Continue reading →

September closes with fisheries, fish exports and rewilding season drawing towards its end. Large gatherings at the Arctic Circle peatlands and in Koitajoki were a major highlight of this month and new StoryMaps highlight the International Week of Peatlands in … Continue reading →

End of August and September bring an international week devoted to the boreal peatlands. A major 450 hectare forest-peatland complex secured in Muonio, Northwestern Finland. Sámi restoration burns enabled recovery of a forest in Ivalo. As we head to September, … Continue reading →

After much waiting the much-anticipated Unalakleet Climate and Indigenous Knowledge Database has been released. Rhe Unalakleet Climate Events Database, which presents over 20 years of research materials, oral histories and Indigenous views on climate change affecting Unalakleet and Norton Sound, … Continue reading →

August is here and in this newsletter we highlight a sweeping new collaboration with the Culture & Heritage Department, Gwich’in from NWT, Canada, and report the recent restoration of Makkaralatva-aapa, a large peatland at the Arctic Circle in Finland. Culture … Continue reading →

Chief Edwin Ogar from the Ekuri Forest in Nigeria passed away earlier in the year. Snowchange has produced together with the Chief’s daughter, Nlohojie Ogar, a major documentary session available to all. It was filmed during the week before Chief’s … Continue reading →